CHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL TERRORISM
* Robert Brooks, M.D., associate dean for health affairs and director of the Center on Terrorism and Public Health at the College of MedicineBrooks, an infectious disease expert and former Secretary of the Florida Department of Health, can discuss the FSU center's role in developing bioterrorism curricula for medical and nursing students in Florida. The center also is assisting in preparedness and response training for medical personnel, first responders and others in the state.
* Michael Kuperberg, associate in research, Institute for International Cooperative Environmental ResearchKuperberg is an expert in chemical toxicology, including nerve and skin agents.
* Robert Reeves, associate professor of biological scienceReeves is an expert in microbiology, virology and infectious disease. He can talk about the normal transmission, symptoms and ways of testing for anthrax, smallpox and other biological agents.
CYBERTERRORISM
* Yvo Desmedt, professor of computer scienceDesmedt is considered one of the world's top experts on the study of cryptography and is the director of FSU's Security and Assurance in Information Technology Laboratory. He can discuss the threat that hacking, computer viruses and worms can pose to the critical infrastructure and national security.
* Mike Burmester, professor of computer scienceBurmester, a cyberspace security expert, can discuss protection of cyberspace from terrorism.
'DIRTY' BOMBS
* Gregory R. Choppin, professor of chemistry and FSU Robert O. Lawton Distinguished ProfessorChoppin, who served on a U.S. Department of Energy workshop on terrorist threats and dirty bombs, can discuss radioactivity and the potential impact of dirty bombs.
ECONOMY
* E. Ray Canterbery, professor of economicsCanterbery, the author of "Wall Street Capitalism," can discuss the effects terrorism and possible war with Iraq is having on the economy. The greatest drag on the overall economy and the stock market is uncertainty regarding the war - start date, length, cost and number of casualties. Concern about oil supplies already has driven heating oil and gas prices up, and Canterbery expects price increases on petroleum-based products such as petrochemicals and plastics.
FOREIGN POLICY
* Max Paul Friedman, assistant professor of historyFriedman, who is working on a study of foreign perceptions of U.S. foreign policy during the Cold War, specializes in 20th century U.S. foreign relations and civil liberties during wartime. He can discuss the foreign policy of the Bush administration and make historical comparisons.
GRIEF, TALKING TO CHILDREN ABOUT WAR
* Sally J. Karioth, associate professor of nursingKarioth is a grief, trauma and stress expert who counseled the survivors of the terrorist attack on the Pentagon and children who lost parents in the World Trade Center. She can offer advice on coping with stress and talking with children about their fears.
HISTORY
* Neil Jumonville, the William Warren Rogers Professor of HistoryJumonville said history gives us competing examples to use in justifying whether the United States should go to war with Iraq. Figuring out which example applies to Saddam Hussein, though, is difficult.
MEDIA AND SOCIAL ACTIVISM
* Andrew Opel, assistant professor of communicationOpel is an expert on social activism involving global justice and the environment, both of which have connections to the emerging peace movement.
* Davis Houck, assistant professor of communicationHouck is an expert on war rhetoric, propaganda and media campaigns.
TERRORISM
* Will Moore, professor of political scienceMoore specializes in international relations and violence within and between countries. He can discuss war and public opinion, terrorism and human rights.
TOURISM
* Robert Bosselman, director of the Dedman School of HospitalityBosselman is an expert on the tourism and hospitality industry, as well as factors that impacttourism.
TRAUMA
* Charles Figley, professor of social work and director of the FSU Traumatology InstituteFigley has achieved international recognition for his work in the area of psychological stress, traumatology and compassion fatigue. He can discuss public reactions ("terror management behavior") and media coverage of the terror alerts, individual, family and community preparedness in times of heightened alerts and military family stress and coping.
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